Women Writing Poetry in America: Poetry Broadsides by California Women Printers.
Matrix Press & The Center for Research on Women (Stanford University), 1982. Item #3564
Portfolio containing 15 illustrated poetry broadsides, signed by the poets.
This set of broadsides was prepared for a conference Women Writing Poetry in America, sponsored by the Center for Research on Women at Stanford University, which was held in April, 1982. The project was edited by Diane Middlebrook and Kathy Walkup. The cover image of the portfolio is by Francis Butler, and the title page is by kw and Connie Thorpe.
The participating poets include many influential contemporary writers: Colleen J. McElroy, Carolyn Kizer, Frances Mayes, Josephine Miles, Janet Lewis, Denise Levertov, Alma Villanueva, Bernice Zamora, Louise Gluck, Chana Bloch, Audre Lorde, Kitty Tsui, Kathleen Fraser, Judy Gray, and Sandra M. Gilbert.
Artists include JoAnn Ugolini, Wendy Hebborn, Patricia Waters, and Frances Butler, among others.
The printers include Mary Ann Hayden, Felicia Rice, Christine Bertelson, Jaime Robles, Eileen Callahan, Robin Heyeck, Betsy Davids, Bonnie Bernstein, Susan King, Shelley Hoyt-Koch, Carol Denison, Frances Butler, Cheryl Miller, Leigh McLellan, Georgianna Greenwood, and Kathy Walkup.
Presses include Meadow Press, Regis Press, Paradise Press, Rare Avis Press, Goodmorrow Press, Moving Parts Press, Interval Press, Black Stone Press, Calliopea Press, Matrix Press, and Poltroon Press.
This is from an edition of 70 copies, signed by the poets. Of these, 20 sets were hors commerce.
A beautifully-designed collation of significant women poets, printers, and presses. Broadsides are signed as called for; this copy is not numbered.
Some very light wear to front of portfolio, else fine.
Price: $1,500.00